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In a Distracted World, Solitude Is a Competitive Advantage

Harvard Business

But this same force has also led to work environments that inundate people with a relentless stream of emails, meetings, and distractions. In 2010, Eric Schmidt, then the CEO of Google, shared a concern with the world : “Every two days, we create as much information as we did from the dawn of civilization until 2003.

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Stop Doing Low-Value Work

Harvard Business

In the past, time management experts would recommend that you divide up your work into A tasks, B tasks, and C tasks. Doing all aspects of a job seemed possible then, if you just followed some basic time management rules. Between January 2008 and February 2010, 8.8 The Magic of 30-Minute Meetings.